Simulating ice-shelf extent using damage mechanics
Inaccurate representations of iceberg calving from ice shelves are a large source of uncertainty in mass-loss projections from the Antarctic ice sheet. Here, we address this limitation by implementing and testing a continuum damage-mechanics model in a continental scale ice-sheet model. The damage-m...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f2b4392495ad4a0fb49bfb2a3936afee 2023-05-15T13:22:08+02:00 Simulating ice-shelf extent using damage mechanics Samuel B. Kachuck Morgan Whitcomb Jeremy N. Bassis Daniel F. Martin Stephen F. Price 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.12 https://doaj.org/article/f2b4392495ad4a0fb49bfb2a3936afee EN eng Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143022000120/type/journal_article https://doaj.org/toc/0022-1430 https://doaj.org/toc/1727-5652 doi:10.1017/jog.2022.12 0022-1430 1727-5652 https://doaj.org/article/f2b4392495ad4a0fb49bfb2a3936afee Journal of Glaciology, Vol 68, Pp 987-998 (2022) Iceberg calving ice physics ice-shelf break-up ice-sheet modeling ice shelves Environmental sciences GE1-350 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.12 2023-03-12T01:30:54Z Inaccurate representations of iceberg calving from ice shelves are a large source of uncertainty in mass-loss projections from the Antarctic ice sheet. Here, we address this limitation by implementing and testing a continuum damage-mechanics model in a continental scale ice-sheet model. The damage-mechanics formulation, based on a linear stability analysis and subsequent long-wavelength approximation of crevasses that evolve in a viscous medium, links damage evolution to climate forcing and the large-scale stresses within an ice shelf. We incorporate this model into the BISICLES ice-sheet model and test it by applying it to idealized (1) ice tongues, for which we present analytical solutions and (2) buttressed ice-shelf geometries. Our simulations show that the model reproduces the large disparity in lengths of ice shelves with geometries and melt rates broadly similar to those of four Antarctic ice shelves: Erebus Glacier Tongue (length ~ 13 km), the unembayed portion of Drygalski Ice Tongue (~ 65 km), the Amery Ice Shelf (~ 350 km) and the Ross Ice Shelf (~ 500 km). These results demonstrate that our simple continuum model holds promise for constraining realistic ice-shelf extents in large-scale ice-sheet models in a computationally tractable manner. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amery Ice Shelf Antarc* Antarctic Erebus Glacier Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Journal of Glaciology Ross Ice Shelf Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Amery ENVELOPE(-94.063,-94.063,56.565,56.565) Amery Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(71.000,71.000,-69.750,-69.750) Antarctic Drygalski ENVELOPE(-61.000,-61.000,-64.717,-64.717) Drygalski Ice Tongue ENVELOPE(163.500,163.500,-75.400,-75.400) Erebus Glacier ENVELOPE(167.000,167.000,-77.683,-77.683) Erebus Glacier Tongue ENVELOPE(166.667,166.667,-77.700,-77.700) Ross Ice Shelf The Antarctic Journal of Glaciology 1 12 |
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Inaccurate representations of iceberg calving from ice shelves are a large source of uncertainty in mass-loss projections from the Antarctic ice sheet. Here, we address this limitation by implementing and testing a continuum damage-mechanics model in a continental scale ice-sheet model. The damage-mechanics formulation, based on a linear stability analysis and subsequent long-wavelength approximation of crevasses that evolve in a viscous medium, links damage evolution to climate forcing and the large-scale stresses within an ice shelf. We incorporate this model into the BISICLES ice-sheet model and test it by applying it to idealized (1) ice tongues, for which we present analytical solutions and (2) buttressed ice-shelf geometries. Our simulations show that the model reproduces the large disparity in lengths of ice shelves with geometries and melt rates broadly similar to those of four Antarctic ice shelves: Erebus Glacier Tongue (length ~ 13 km), the unembayed portion of Drygalski Ice Tongue (~ 65 km), the Amery Ice Shelf (~ 350 km) and the Ross Ice Shelf (~ 500 km). These results demonstrate that our simple continuum model holds promise for constraining realistic ice-shelf extents in large-scale ice-sheet models in a computationally tractable manner. |
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